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" When Jerry Springer thinks you've gone too far, my friends, you have gone too far. "
Colin Powell
Thinks
Friends
Too
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" In terms of the legal matter of creating a contract between two people that's called marriage, and allowing them to live together with the protection of law, it seems to me is the way we should be moving in this country. "
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People
" Standing in support of children is something we should all be able to get behind, regardless of party affiliation. "
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" The United States is not stingy. We are the greatest contributor to international relief efforts in the world. "
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Greatest
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" There's not going to be a World War III, because there is no one to have World War III with. "
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Because
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" Politics is not bean bags. It's serious, tough stuff. "
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Tough
Stuff
" Organization charts and fancy titles count for next to nothing. "
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Fancy
Nothing
Organization
" It's nice to say let's be bipartisan. But we're a partisan nation. We were raised as a partisan nation. "
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Raised
Say
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" Children need to get a high-quality education, avoid violence and the criminal-justice system, and gain jobs. But they deserve more. We want them to learn not only reading and math but fairness, caring, self-respect, family commitment, and civic duty. "
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Family
Education
Children
" Throughout my career, I learned plenty about war on the battlefield, but I learned even more about the importance of finding peace. And that is what the State Department and U.S.A.I.D. do: prevent the wars that we can avoid so that we fight only the ones we must. "
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Career
Fight
War
" Drones are just another weapon, and they turn out to be a very effective weapon that puts no American troops at risk, and I don't see why we shouldn't use them against identified enemy targets. "
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See
American
Enemy
" A dream doesn't become reality through magic; it takes sweat, determination and hard work. "
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Hard Work
Determination
Dreams
" But just as they did in Philadelphia when they were writing the constitution, sooner or later, you've got to compromise. You've got to start making the compromises that arrive at a consensus and move the country forward. "
Colin Powell
Start
You
Writing
" We all hoped in 2001 that we could put in place an Afghan government under President Karzai that would be able to control the country, make sure al-Qaeda didn't come back, and make sure the Taliban wasn't resurging. It didn't work out. "
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Control
Work
Place
" The country would be a lot better off if we stopped having comment sections. And if we got rid of Twitter. "
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Off
Got
Country
" Diplomacy is listening to what the other guy needs. Preserving your own position, but listening to the other guy. You have to develop relationships with other people so when the tough times come, you can work together. "
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Work
You
People
" Don't bother people for help without first trying to solve the problem yourself. "
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People
Problem
Trying
" Indeed, we're strongest when the face of America isn't only a soldier carrying a gun but also a diplomat negotiating peace, a Peace Corps volunteer bringing clean water to a village, or a relief worker stepping off a cargo plane as floodwaters rise. "
Colin Powell
Peace
Gun
America
" I don't know that there is much the United States can do except work with the international community. "
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Work
Community
Know
" Fit no stereotypes. Don't chase the latest management fads. The situation dictates which approach best accomplishes the team's mission. "
Colin Powell
Mission
Chase
Management
" I think whether you're having setbacks or not, the role of a leader is to always display a winning attitude. "
Colin Powell
You
Attitude
Leader
" There are lots of countries that are having these kinds of internal civil wars in other parts of the world and nobody is talking about intervening. "
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Internal
World
Talking
" Is there something wrong with being a Muslim in this country? The answer's no. That's not America. Is there something wrong with some seven-year-old Muslim American kid believing that he or she could be president? "
Colin Powell
Country
Kid
She
" If a leader doesn't convey passion and intensity then there will be no passion and intensity within the organization and they'll start to fall down and get depressed. "
Colin Powell
Leader
Fall
Passion
" If you are going to achieve excellence in big things, you develop the habit in little matters. Excellence is not an exception, it is a prevailing attitude. "
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Attitude
Going
Habit
" Look at the world. There is no pure competitor to the United States of America. "
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Look
World
United
" You should see what our Founding Fathers used to say to each other and in the early part of our nation. But what they were able to do, especially in Philadelphia in 1787, four months, they argued about what a House should be, what a Senate should be, the power of the president, the Congress, the Supreme Court. And they had to deal with slavery. "
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Say
Power
You
" Never let your ego get so close to your position that when your position goes, your ego goes with it. "
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Your
Position
Never
" It's not just a matter of whether you support Obama or Romney. It's who they have coming with them. I always keep my powder dry, as they say in the military. "
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Say
Always
Support
" The only bipartisanship you ever see is when they finally sign a bill and everybody says, 'Gee, isn't that wonderful?' "
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Only
Finally
You
" Many interviewers when they come to talk to me, think they're being progressive by not mentioning in their stories any longer that I'm black. I tell them, 'Don't stop now. If I shot somebody you'd mention it.' "
Colin Powell
Black
Me
You